GM Details Plan to Lift Output
And Build Cadillacs in China

By

James T. Areddy Dow Jones Newswires

Updated Nov. 4, 2003 9:09 p.m. ET

SHANGHAI -- General Motors Corp. detailed its plans to expand in China, saying it will boost manufacturing capacity in Shanghai by 50% to build Cadillacs, adding another of its big brands, after Buick and Chevrolet, to the world's fastest-growing car market.

The announcement came in a statement from GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner, who is visiting Beijing. GM, the world's largest auto maker, is positioning itself to compete more directly at the booming high end of China's car market against rivals Bayerische...